Pre-olympic Qualifier Begins At Wekiva Thursday

August 7, 1988|By Herky Cush of The Sentinel Staff

The Pre-Olympic Qualifier Tournament is scheduled for Brunswick Wekiva Lanes later this week.

There will be 33 bowlers looking for 22 spots.

Joining the two bowlers from the Team USA will be those from Brazil, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Philippines, Guam, Great Britian, France, Switzerland, West Germany, Finland, Norway and the Netherlands.

There will be a practice round on Wednesday with the competition starting at 9 a.m. Thursday. Friday's schedule is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the final day's action on Saturday begins at 9 a.m.

The Team USA Bowl Down tournament is being contested at Melbourne Brunswick Lanes.

From this tournament will come one man and one woman to represent the United States at Apopka.

The competition begins Monday at 9 a.m. with other squads at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. On Tuesday there will be an additional five-game match play blocks at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. with the stepladder finals starting at 7 p.m.

Suheil Jammal II was holding his breath after he rolled a perfect game in his 801 series at Melody Lanes.

For Jammal it was the second 300 of his career. But the first one, which came in a tournament at Colonial Lanes, was not sanctioned.

This time there was no doubt, and Jammal has his first sanctioned perfect game. The added prize is having the first 800 series ever at Melody Lanes.

Jammal, 23, says he was lucky on one of his shots in the perfect game. ''The 10th ball was heavy,'' Jammal said. ''It carried over to the Brooklyn side. It looked as if I might have the 6-10 split but everything carried.

''They said there was too much oil on the lanes at Colonial. That's why they wouldn't sanction the first one.''

A year and a half ago Jammal missed on another 300 attempt and had to ''settle'' for a 796 series.

During the regular season Jammal bowls in three leagues. Last year his average was just under 200 for each league.

In his 801 series, Jammal opened with a 258 and closed with a 243.

Just missing his first career 300 was Louis Russo who rolled a 298 in a 630 series in the Men's Majors Handicap League at Bowl America Winter Park.

Russo, 61, has been bowling for 38 years the last 20 being in Florida. After games of 154 and 178 Russo, of Orlando, strung together his 11 strikes. On the final ball he missed the head pin.

The Greater Orlando Bowling Association will be holding an Officers Workshop meeting Sunday, Aug. 14 at the Rodeway Inn-Central at 3200 W. Colonial Drive.The 1 p.m. meeting is open to offers of men's leagues, women's leagues and mixed leagues.

Linda Pickard enjoyed her summer fun in the Aloma Doubles League as she hit games of 236, 223, 215 and 223 in an 897 series. In the same league high games came from Louis Kusner with a 278 and Louis Folber with a 275. . . . The previous week in the same league Zene Guthrie sparkled with a booming 290 game.